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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 7.201 Joined: 14-July 08 From: London UK Member No.: 5.490 ![]() |
great, I hope they sound closer to what they used to be in their hey days.
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.426 Joined: 14-April 08 From: Buenos Aires, Argentina Member No.: 4.895 ![]() |
cool, nice review man!
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![]() GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1.310 Joined: 17-April 08 From: Rhode Island USA Member No.: 4.917 ![]() |
no offense to women but when I first saw the album cover, it was really small and i thought it was a female body part haha i think u no wut i mean. again no offense
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![]() GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 121 Joined: 30-January 08 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 4.058 ![]() |
I think it's a good album but there is 1, maybe 2 thrash songs... and those are pretty tame
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.497 Joined: 16-February 08 From: Norge! Member No.: 4.261 ![]() |
Nice review
![]() The solos sound a bit uninspired and repetative though. Sounds like he's just focusing on speed. But other than that i'm quite impressed ![]() -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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![]() GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 668 Joined: 17-April 08 From: Home, spamming the GMC forum. Member No.: 4.915 ![]() |
Sigma, you perv
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.038 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Rauma, Finland Member No.: 3.434 ![]() |
Nice review dude, Metallica is back!
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GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 847 Joined: 8-January 08 Member No.: 3.764 ![]() |
The first song I heard of the album was "That Was Just Your Life" ( probably because its the first song on the album
![]() ![]() ![]() Some songs have some nice parts though but other then that I think it's a rather average and boring album, imo:P This post has been edited by Mark.: Sep 15 2008, 09:07 PM |
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![]() Singing Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.391 Joined: 23-January 08 Member No.: 3.960 ![]() |
Nice review,I just watch a bunch of clips from there youtube channel,and I cant wait to buy it.
![]() I agree with Trond on solos.I am kind hearing a bit to much phrases from the old albums. -------------------- |
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![]() Learning Apprentice Player & Challenge Star ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1.994 Joined: 10-March 08 From: Albany NY USA Member No.: 4.521 ![]() |
I agree 100%! I got the CD yesterday and I LOVE it!!!! \m/
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![]() GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 6-June 07 From: MO, USA Member No.: 2.016 ![]() |
i agree this album is realy good i cant stop listening to it
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![]() GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5.635 Joined: 29-November 07 From: Nottingham, UK Member No.: 3.401 ![]() |
It's better than St Anger but still doesn't blow me away like the first 4 records. Best since the Black Album though.
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.497 Joined: 16-February 08 From: Norge! Member No.: 4.261 ![]() |
I think it gets better for every listen. Now i love it!
But there's 2 things i dont like about it: 1. The production! I've never heard a CD with this much clipping and compression! I thought at first it was just the online mp3's that sounded like this. But the actual CD is the same. Some seem to like it, but i miss the absolute perfect production the Black album had. I would say the black album still today has one of the the best recorded drumsounds ever. 2. As i mentioned earlier, i'm not a fan of the solos. And i'm still not. They still sound uninspired and repetative with a serious overuse of the wah. -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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![]() GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5.635 Joined: 29-November 07 From: Nottingham, UK Member No.: 3.401 ![]() |
I think it gets better for every listen. Now i love it! But there's 2 things i dont like about it: 1. The production! I've never heard a CD with this much clipping and compression! I thought at first it was just the online mp3's that sounded like this. But the actual CD is the same. Some seem to like it, but i miss the absolute perfect production the Black album had. I would say the black album still today has one of the the best recorded drumsounds ever. 2. As i mentioned earlier, i'm not a fan of the solos. And i'm still not. They still sound uninspired and repetative with a serious overuse of the wah. I agree with this and I think too many bands are doing this. The guy that did the final mastering of the new album said it was too compressed and had too much clipping but by that stage it was too late for him to do anything. He said he hoped they'd remix the album and remaster to get it sounding better at an earlier stage of production. -------------------- Gear Guitars:- Caparison Horus Snowcloud, Parker Nitefly M, Parker Nitefly SA, Gibson SG, Parker P10e, 40 Year Old Spanish Acoustic Amps:- Framus Ruby Riot 2x12" stack |
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![]() Ultimate Tone Guru ![]() Group: Student Instructor Posts: 4.343 Joined: 26-July 07 From: Glommersträsk. Sweden Member No.: 2.410 ![]() |
Not really a fan of metallica but i relly liked listening to Cyanid
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 130 Joined: 8-April 08 From: Stockholm, Sweden Member No.: 4.839 ![]() |
Im a big fan of metallica. But it sounded like they used autotune on the vocals, it made them sound pretty dry and too clean in my opinion. Theres a few cool riffs here and there, but sounded ok overall.
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![]() Instructor ![]() Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia Member No.: 3.341 ![]() |
I listened only the song "day that never comes" for now and can only review that song. To tell you the truth I didn't like it, sounds like a bunch of grooves stacked on top of each other. Yeah it's trash, but it is far away from Metallica best trash work. It's just lame and weak, no matter how hard and tight they play it:
Hetfield's singing is weak, and riffing is strong, but annoying after a while. Kirk's solos were biggest disappointment of all: fast, uninspiring and lame. Ulrich's grooves are the best part of the song, he plays them great, but again, too much groove changing can be annoying to the listener. the video is terrible, classic american war propaganda, metallica should know better. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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![]() GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1.462 Joined: 20-April 07 From: Traverse City, Michigan, USA Member No.: 1.632 ![]() |
I listened only the song "day that never comes" for now and can only review that song. To tell you the truth I didn't like it, sounds like a bunch of grooves stacked on top of each other. Yeah it's trash, but it is far away from Metallica best trash work. It's just lame and weak, no matter how hard and tight they play it: Hetfield's singing is weak, and riffing is strong, but annoying after a while. Kirk's solos were biggest disappointment of all: fast, uninspiring and lame. Ulrich's grooves are the best part of the song, he plays them great, but again, too much groove changing can be annoying to the listener. the video is terrible, classic american war propaganda, metallica should know better. i have to go with Ivan here, he pretty much summed it up. i tried to like this album, i really did, but its just not very good, and its not a thrash album either. a big dissapointement. ![]() -------------------- My Gear:
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![]() GMC:er ![]() Group: Members Posts: 160 Joined: 11-June 08 From: California Member No.: 5.279 ![]() |
I think it gets better for every listen. Now i love it! But there's 2 things i dont like about it: 1. The production! I've never heard a CD with this much clipping and compression! I thought at first it was just the online mp3's that sounded like this. But the actual CD is the same. Some seem to like it, but i miss the absolute perfect production the Black album had. I would say the black album still today has one of the the best recorded drumsounds ever. 2. As i mentioned earlier, i'm not a fan of the solos. And i'm still not. They still sound uninspired and repetative with a serious overuse of the wah. Yeah, the clipping is bad. I don't know how they could miss this. The excuse I read is that the band insisted on recording it so loud that nothing could be done to fix it after. I'm not a studio guy so I only understand very little. The album is damn good and it does grow on you the more you listen to it, which is says a lot. As for the solos, It sounds like he was going for attitude more than composing strictly musical sounding solos...almost like the solo itself is more of an effect for the song. In some instances I think it works really well, others not as much. Overall, it works for me with the agressive vibe of most of the tunes....Kirk does love the wah though. |
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